I was walking briskly from the new food court side exit to Outdoor Stage to catch PJ Harvey when Leftfield stopped me dead in my tracks. The stage show looked awesome & the music was incredible. They were amazing. You picked up a new fan.

What was your "who the fuck is that" moment?

rjadams90

04-19-2011, 09:17 AM

EE!

R41N570RM

04-19-2011, 09:24 AM

Goth Trad. So dope.

WhyTheLongFace

04-19-2011, 09:29 AM

Aquabats

nathanfairchild

04-19-2011, 09:29 AM

Glasser. still a little puzzled by who they are.

SP The Ghost

04-19-2011, 09:30 AM

Goth Trad, The Henry Clay People

FEELS

04-19-2011, 09:33 AM

Black Joe Lewis

motionnn77

04-19-2011, 09:58 AM

Lightening Bolt

pachucasunrise

04-19-2011, 11:04 PM

New Pants. That shit was off the hook.

wscmx13

04-19-2011, 11:27 PM

HEALTH was it for me!

Timestretch

04-20-2011, 12:00 AM

Trentmoeller....so damn moving

thenoiboi

04-20-2011, 12:04 AM

HEALTH was it for me!

Lightning Bolt

definitely, these two for me. though, i'd sort of looked into lightning bolt a bit before the fest, they totally blew my expectations out of the water.

Glasser. still a little puzzled by who they are.

glasser is mostly cameron mesirow (vocalist lady). she writes and arranges pretty much everything. not that her band aren't fantastic musicians. she's just the mastermind behind it all.

her debut lp, 'ring', is freaking amazing. it flows BEAUTIFULLY from one song to the next, and if you put it on repeat, it doesn't feel like it ever ends. rather, it kind of leads itself back to the beginning. glorious. the way she danced out a few seconds into the first song, then danced out a bit before the last one ended makes me think it was with intent, to sort of mirror the arc of the album. (sorry, couldn't resist pun.)

spiggums

04-20-2011, 12:23 AM

EE!

Those guys were insane. We were in the Creators Project tent and I read a little blurb on them just as they were going on, so we decided to check them out... what a wild and crazy show!

insbordnat

04-20-2011, 04:21 AM

Bomba Estereo

fuck frankie

04-20-2011, 05:35 AM

Those guys were insane. We were in the Creators Project tent and I read a little blurb on them just as they were going on, so we decided to check them out... what a wild and crazy show!

i was telling my wife who i wanted to see that day and i explained EE as "a goofy art *** Korean nightmare" based on the 2 and a half youtube videos i watched.

...and i was totally right! the male dancers made my fucking day, especially the scrawny little spandex guy. what was intended as a time waster ended up being one of my favorite sets

momof5

04-20-2011, 08:05 AM

Walking by Trentmoeller and Yelle we were stopped in our tracks-party going on in those tents!

simplybrian

04-20-2011, 08:08 AM

New Pants and Cut Copy

gmoneyak

04-20-2011, 08:28 AM

Cedric from The Mars Volta got a haircut, threw me off for a second..

StopMakingSense

04-20-2011, 08:42 AM

Trentmoeller ... skipped Duck Sauce

BenMolina

04-20-2011, 08:58 AM

Day one!! Walking over to catch 12th Planet, and stumbled upon Hurts. Very emotional and the sound was amazing. Look for these gys to blow up in the near future.

socalguy100

04-20-2011, 09:02 AM

EE was awesome. Just watched some of my videos of them this morning.

I.F.A.

04-20-2011, 09:07 AM

Chromeo - I'm so glad I caught the last bit while I was heading over for PJ Harvey.

Also, I had to stop and dance in the DoLab several times. No idea who was playing.

boarderwoozel3

04-20-2011, 09:51 AM

Seeing/hearing Jonathan Davis of Korn take Skillex's racket to new lows from the beer garden was quite the WTF moment. Heavy on the lulz, too.

Walking into the end of Lightning Bolt was my "WTFIT" moment. The drummer was insane.

discobotica

04-20-2011, 09:58 AM

Goth Trad. So dope.

R41N5 knows best......I 100% concur :D

Apex17

04-20-2011, 10:00 AM

Cedric from The Mars Volta got a haircut, threw me off for a second..

truth.

lyysander

04-20-2011, 10:05 AM

Health, for sure.

Altohombre

04-20-2011, 10:11 AM

Umm Empire of the Sun. I had heard a song or two and knew I liked it but GODDAMN! I didn't know there were costumes and dancers!

That70sdesperado

04-20-2011, 10:12 AM

HEALTH

ambient sounds

04-20-2011, 10:25 AM

Was walking to go charge my phone when i walked upon the great monster that is trentmoeller.

coldwarriddim

04-20-2011, 10:39 AM

I was stumbling around the campgrounds on the last night and some how found myself being dragged in to Supertall Paul's latenight ukulele performance in his hut/sound stage by the skating rink. I'm still trying to figure out what the fuck was going on in there but it was definitely weird and amazing.

foaminjectedaxlrose

04-20-2011, 10:40 AM

Monarchy. Almost didn't make it to crystal castles, but glad I did because they killed it too

Mucho Maas

04-20-2011, 10:41 AM

aquabats. got dragged there. knew nothing of the band.

that shit was wacky and wonderful.

imjihoon

04-20-2011, 10:44 AM

Shpongle

IggyMeows

04-20-2011, 10:47 AM

EE!

THIS. We were on our way to The Love Language when this gnarly duo caught my attention. We stayed for most of the set barely seeing any of TLL's lol

emg707

04-20-2011, 11:44 AM

Black Joe Lewis! I was trying to find some relief from the sun and sat down in the tent just as they started playing.

TickleMeElmo

04-20-2011, 12:05 PM

Jeff Goldblum.

BROKENDOLL

04-20-2011, 12:35 PM

I was pretty much ready for any surprises over the weekend, but I still had a, "Who the fuck is that" moment as we passed the main stage at the end of Sunday night...Somebody really needed to get up on that stage and take the mic away from that headliner.

Sublime

04-20-2011, 12:42 PM

anyone see that crazy band where they were yelling 'this is...democracy' and the whole place was chanting along. i was like 'who the f**** is that'

lawbstar

04-20-2011, 12:44 PM

Gogol Bordello, not in a good way.

lawbstar

04-20-2011, 12:46 PM

anyone see that crazy band where they were yelling 'this is...democracy' and the whole place was chanting along. i was like 'who the f**** is that'

"this is what democracy looks like" = MEN.

ThatGirl

04-20-2011, 01:02 PM

Aquabats and She Wants Revenge. Both blew my mind but for very different reasons.

thewoodenman

04-20-2011, 01:08 PM

fucking leftfield

spiggums

04-20-2011, 01:38 PM

Day one!! Walking over to catch 12th Planet, and stumbled upon Hurts. Very emotional and the sound was amazing. Look for these gys to blow up in the near future.

I was REALLY happy with their set. Great start to the week for me. My only complaint was that they didn't play long enough to work in their cover of Kylie's Confide in Me.

CiderMouseRules

04-20-2011, 03:38 PM

The Henry Clay People

Best live band in LA.

grichsgang

04-20-2011, 08:50 PM

MEN, no doubt. Did they decide to form a group from their dungeons and dragons club? Who thought the pink hats joined by pink PVC pipe was a good idea? The bass player looked like the gay fat brother of the lead singer of 2D Cinema Club. The lead singer looked like the weekend manager at Game Stop. Having said, I stuck around for about four songs -- 1 part getting out of the sun, 1 part witnessing a train wreck and 1 part actually intrigued a bit by the sound. Not bad.

Failed State

04-20-2011, 09:02 PM

trentmoeller.... top 5 of the fest for me

Tinseltown

04-20-2011, 09:24 PM

Aquabats and CSS.

nathanfairchild

04-20-2011, 09:27 PM

i really didn't expect to enjoy Duran Duran as much as i did

Bus McRider

04-21-2011, 07:48 AM

Leftfield, wish I could've stayed for them longer.

kid_a

04-21-2011, 07:56 AM

Trentemoller, for sure.

Penguin

04-21-2011, 08:02 AM

Glasser. Without a doubt.

I was first coming up on my trip under the red and yellow pagoda shade structure, when I heard her singing "Home" from afar. It sounded it like it was echoing throughout the fields. I thought an angel was speaking to me. It was incredible...

Knew of MEN because I love Le Tigre and Bikini Kill but was NOT expecting that. Caught almost the whole show and stayed for CSS, thought it was amazing. True art/femrock. totally crazy. I'm buying the album. Kept looking for SIA cuz the lead singer for MEN and she are dating. sHe was there last year, when Sia finished her set, sHe was backstage waiting for her and they ran hand in hand to the VIP tent right behind. cute.

New Pants, holy shit. so funny and great. Last call!

Sleeping Lion

04-21-2011, 09:13 AM

City and Color sounded great and I burned myself laying on the grass enjoying their set.
OFF! suprised me the small bit I heard.

meyouseek

04-21-2011, 09:26 AM

I went to both the Cut Copy and Empire of the Sun sets on purpose, but had no idea what I was getting into.